Learn how to go about choosing the right vitamins to target your personal needs and goals.

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Steps

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First, appraise the suggested supplements carefully. Read the rationales for their use, respective usefulness and cost. Everything matters. Make careful notes that you could refer to later on.

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Consider the fit between specific supplements and your needs and goals. Some supplements may be a better fit for your particular purposes. An example might be if you suffer from arthritis and cardiovascular problems. In that case, it might be wise to take fish oil supplements since they can help both arthritis and cardiac issues. Certain supplements may not agree with you or might be injurious to you for whatever reason. Blood thinners, for example, are dangerous to take before a medical procedure or if your physical has put you on medicine that thins blood.

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Buy the vitamins and take them. Taking the right vitamins starts with purchasing a good multivitamin and taking it consistently. A good multivitamin may feature several of the nutrients you need, address other issues you are dealing with and provide a health insurance of sorts.

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Purchase one or, at most, two of the supplements that seem to fit in with your requirements and try them out for a few weeks. Evaluate their effects. Decide if you need to add another supplement to your protocol or replace one supplement with another one.

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If you're addressing your concerns with other lifestyle changes, as you should be, reevaluate your vitamin protocol. You may need other nutrients to address present needs or you might be able to do away with some nutrients as your goals are being met. For example, if you are taking nutrients for hypertension and you start to work out, the improved fitness and weight loss will bring down your hypertension. As that happens you might reconsider your supplementation regimen.

For specific conditions that run their course, you could start tapering off as the condition is remedied. For example, as cold and flu season end, you would start tapering off from Goldenseal and Echinacea.

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Reevaluate your previous concerns a little while after you stop taking targeted supplements. Has your condition revisited you and possibly worsened? Are you feeling well with no return calls from your nemesis?

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Certainly, it would not be wise to treat your body as if it's a human laboratory, pouring a stew of artificial and natural supplements into the pot and mixing it up. It's your body, the only one you have.

What do you do to ensure that you end up taking the right supplements?

Warnings

First, you should not suddenly stop taking some supplement. Gradually reduce daily dosage. See if your condition remains improved and then stop taking supplement.

A high potency multivitamin and a little supplemental Vitamin C, some antioxidants and minerals, could go a long way to help keep you healthy and happy for a long time to come.